Director, Data Science (AI)

Company: London Stock Exchange Group
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

As Director of Data Science, you will shape and scale a high-impact AI-first data science organization that ships real products for financial professionals. You’ll lead multiple data-science leaders, partner with product and software teams, and drive a strategic vision that blends classical ML with GenAI. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on delivering value to external customers and enabling internal teams to work effectively at scale. You’ll thrive in a collaborative, creative culture that values quality, continuous improvement, and diverse perspectives.

Pay / Benefits

  • healthcare
  • retirement planning
  • paid volunteering days
  • wellbeing initiatives
  • flexible/hybrid work arrangements
  • career development support

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute a strategic data science vision
  • Hire, develop and coach diverse data science leaders and teams
  • Provide technical mentorship while empowering teams to make decisions
  • Collaborate with Product Managers and Software Engineering leaders to define roadmaps
  • Foster a collaborative, high-performing team environment

Key requirements

  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics or related field, or equivalent work experience
  • At least 5 years shipping machine learning models across the full product development lifecycle
  • At least 2 years leading data science/machine learning teams indirectly (managing managers)
  • outstanding communication
  • ability to influence senior leadership
  • stakeholder management
  • classical ML techniques
  • Generative AI applications
  • product development lifecycle

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Posted: September 30th, 2026